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Federal Priorities:

• Penalize States That Maintain Criminalization: Support the Marijuana Justice Act
• Completely Decriminalize Federally: Support the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
• Deschedule Marijuana: The Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017
• Join the Caucus: Tell your Congressional Representative to join the recently formed federal Cannabis Caucus
• Veterans: Support Veterans Access To Medical Marijuana In 2018
• Data: Tell your Representative to support the Marijuana Data Collection Act

2018/2019 State Legislation: Legalization

• New! Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• New! Missouri: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
• New! New Jersey Legalization Effort: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory and Expungement Aid Modernization Act
• New York: Tell your Lawmakers to Act on DoH Study Recommending Marijuana Legalization
• New York: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Pennsylvania: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• New! Wisconsin: Forthcoming Bill to Regulate Marijuana Sales for Social and Medical Uses

2018/2019 State Legislation: Decriminalization

• New! Indiana: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• New! North Carolina: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• Pennsylvania: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• New! Texas: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• New! Virginia: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort

2018/2019 State Legislation: Medical

• New! California: Protect Compassionate Care Programs that Serve Indigent Patients
• District of Columbia: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Access
• New! Indiana: Medical Marijuana Effort
• New! Missouri: Legislation to Protect the Privacy of Medical Cannabis Patients
• New! New Jersey: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Access
• New Jersey: Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Effort
• New Jersey: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
• New! New York: Require Public Health Insurance to Cover Medical Marijuana
• New! Texas: Legislation to Allow Medical Cannabis Access

2018/2019 State Legislation: Other

• New! California: Legislation to Expand Banking Access for Marijuana Businesses
• New! Illinois: Legislation to Allow Expungement of Past Marijuana Convictions
• New! Michigan: Legislation to Vacate Records For Past Marijuana Convictions
• New Jersey: Legislation to Allow Expungement of Marijuana Convictions
• New Jersey: Legislation to Protect Cannabis Consumers from Employment Discrimination
• New! New Jersey: Legislation to Expand Banking Options for Marijuana Businesses
• Pennsylvania: Resolution Urging Congress to Deschedule Marijuana

2018/2019 State Legislation NORML Opposes

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Cannabis as the "Exit Drug" From Opioid Abuse:

• Advocacy: Tell the ONDCP Opioid Commission: Medical Marijuana as an Alternative
• Federal Lawmakers: Tell your federal lawmakers to acknowledge the role marijuana can play in reducing the opioid crisis 
• State Lawmakers: Urge Your State Lawmakers to Acknowledge The Role of Cannabis in Combating the Prescription Drug Overdose Epidemic
• Colorado Task Force: Colorado Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee
• Nevada Task Force: Nevada's Opioid Task Force Considers Options

Additional Federal Efforts:

• Expungement: Support the RESPECT Resolution for Reparative Justice
• Seal Possession Records: Support the Clean Slate Act
• Protect International Travel: Support the Maple Act
• Bipartisan Restrictions On the DOJ: The STATES Act To End Federal Enforcement In States That Legalized Medical or Adult-Use
• Employment Protections: Tell The Government Not To Drug Test For Marijuana In States Where It Is Legal
• Judicial: Protect Legal Marijuana from Federal Interference
• Legalization: The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act Introduced (Senate and House Bill)
• Veterans: Legislation to Explicitly Authorize the Veterans Administration to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
• Medical: Legislation to Protect Lawful Marijuana Use From Housing Discrimination
• Medical: Legislation To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients Pending In Senate (CARERS Act)
• Judicial: End Arbitrary License Suspensions For Minor Marijuana Possession (The Better Drive Act)
• Economic: Legislation Pending To Halt Federal Forfeiture Actions Against Marijuana Facilities
• Economic: Legislation Pending To Cease Penalizing State-Compliant Marijuana Businesses Under the Federal Tax Code
• Economic: Support The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act)
• Economic: Support the Sensible Enforcement Of Cannabis Act
• Economic: House and Senate Measures Seek to Protect Marijuana Businesses and Consumers
• Economic: The Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act
• Hemp: Exclude Hemp From the Controlled Substances Act
• Research: Legislation Introduced to Facilitate Federally-Approved Cannabis Research
• Science: Legislation To Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research 

2018 State Enacted Legislation

• Alaska: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
• Arizona: Legislation to Establish Industrial Hemp Pilot Program
• California: Legislation to Automatically Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions
• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
• Delaware: Legislation to Expand Medical Marijuana Program
• Delaware: Legislation to Expunge Past Cannabis Possession Convictions
• Georgia: Legislation to Expand Medical CBD Access
• Hawaii: Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Effort
• Illinois: Bill Authorizing Medical Cannabis Administration On School Grounds Signed Into Law
• Illinois: Industrial Hemp Expansion Legislation
• Illinois: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
• Indiana: Legislation to Expand CBD Access
• Kansas: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
• Kansas: Legislation to Legalize the Retail Sale of CBD
• Louisiana: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Program
• Maine: Legislation to Expand Medical Marijuana Access 
• Maine:  Legislation Implements Retail Adult Use Sales, Amends Home Grow Limits
• Maryland: Industrial Hemp Expansion Legislation
• Massachusetts: Marijuana Expungement Bill Provision Signed Into Law
• Missouri: Legislation to Allow Industrial Hemp Research
• New Hampshire: Legislation to Expand Patient Access
• New Jersey: Industrial Hemp Legislation
• New York: Permit Physicians to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
• Oklahoma: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
• Pennsylvania: Governor Signs Law Eliminating License Suspension Penalty For Marijuana-Related Offenses
• Pennsylvania: Governor Signs Legislation Facilitating Medical Marijuana Research
• Rhode Island: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Legislation Into Law
• Utah: Legislation to Allow Medical Marijuana Research
• Utah: Medical Marijuana Compromise Legislation
• Vermont: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
• Virginia: Expand State's Medical CBD Law

2018 State Tabled / Defeated Legislation

• Alabama: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• Alaska: Legislation to Seal Past Marijuana Convictions
• Alaska: Legislation to Expand Banking Options to Cannabis Businesses
• Alaska: Seeking Sanctuary State Status for Marijuana Operators
• Arizona: Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana
• Arizona: Legislation to Obtain Sanctuary State Status
• Arizona: Legislation to Put Legalization on the Ballot
• Arizona: Legislation to Enhance Testing Procedures
• California: Protect Cannabis Delivery Services
• California: Legislation to Allow Medical Cannabis to be Administered to Patients in Schools 
• California: Legislation to Expand Banking Options for Marijuana Businesses
• California: Legislation to make California a Marijuana Industry Sanctuary State
• California: Legislation to Temporarily Lower Cannabis Taxes
• California: Protect Cannabis Compassionate Care Programs for Needy Patients
• California: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
• Colorado: Legislation to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
• Connecticut: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Delaware: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Florida: Legislation to Allow Medical Marijuana Patients Legal Rights In Schools
• Florida: Legislation to Restore Patients’ Rights To Inhale Medical Marijuana
• Florida: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• Florida: Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Effort
• Georgia: Legislature is Considering Decriminalization
• Georgia: Legislation to Expand Medical CBD Access
• Georgia: Legislation to Expand State's Limited Cannabis Oil Program
• Georgia: Legislation to Halt Civil Asset Forfeiture Actions
• Georgia: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Hawaii: Industrial Hemp Expansion Legislation
• Hawaii: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure Pending
• Hawaii: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Hawaii: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
• Hawaii: Tell Gov Ige To Sign Medical Marijuana Expansion
• Idaho: Legislation to Legalize CBD
• Illinois: Legislation to Expunge Past Cannabis Law Violations
• Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Indiana: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
• Indiana: Medical Marijuana Legislation
• Iowa: Bill to Reduce Possession Penalty for First Time Offenders
• Iowa: Industrial Hemp Research Legislation
• Iowa: Legislation to Expand Medical CBD Program
• Kansas: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Kansas: Medical Marijuana Legislation
• Kentucky: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Kentucky: Medical Marijuana Legislation
• Louisiana: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
• Maryland: Legislation To Put Legalization On The Ballot 
• Maryland: Legislation to Expand Decriminalization Law
• Maryland: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
• Massachusetts: Bill Seeking Sanctuary State Status for Marijuana Operators
• Michigan: Bill to Allow Patients to Travel with Medical Marijuana
• Michigan: Oppose Effort to Restrict Home Cultivation Rights
• Minnesota: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Mississippi: Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana
• Mississippi: Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana
• Mississippi: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Missouri: Legislation to Put Depenalization on the Ballot
• Missouri: Oppose Unscientific Zero Tolerance DUI Drug Legislation
• Missouri: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
• Missouri: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Nebraska: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
• Nebraska: Medical Marijuana Legislation
• New Hampshire: Bill to Permit Home Cultivation of Medical Marijuana
• New Hampshire: Legislation to Allow Expungement of Certain Marijuana Convictions
• New Hampshire: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• New Hampshire: Oppose Additional Possession Penalties
• New Mexico: Legislation to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana Possession
• New Mexico: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• New Mexico: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
• North Carolina: Legislation to Expand Decriminalization Law
• Oklahoma: Legislative Effort to Preemptively Amend Pending Medical Marijuana Legislation
• Oklahoma: Establish the Oklahoma Cannabis Commission
• Rhode Island: Legislation to Put Legalization to a Public Vote
• Rhode Island: Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
• Rhode Island: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
• South Carolina: Medical Marijuana Legislation
• Tennessee: Legislation to Put Medical Marijuana Question on the Ballot
• Tennessee: Legislation to Establish Medical Marijuana Access
• Tennessee: Legislation to Regulate Medical Marijuana Extracts
• Tennessee: Medical Marijuana Exemption Bill
• Virginia: Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana
• Vermont: Legislation to Tax and Regulate Marijuana
• Vermont: Legislation to Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions
• Washington: Legislation Pending to Permit Home Cultivation
• Washington: Legislation to Obtain Sanctuary State Status
• Washington: Legislation to Expand Banking Options for Marijuana Businesses
• West Virginia: Legislation to Expand State's Medical Marijuana Law
• West Virginia: Marijuana Legalization Effort
• Wisconsin: Legislation to Allow Licensed CBD Production

Read the Full List of 2017 Approved and Enacted Legislation